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There's a Trap for That

Published: May 20, 2019, 2 a.m.

We explore how the trap became commodified to create space for a new black cool. When did the trap start popping up at brunch, church, yoga?

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We start off inside T.I\u2019s Trap Music Museum in Atlanta. Then, we explore the various ways trap has been commodified, and we head to a Trap Pilates class\u2026?! We explore whether trap\u2019s commodification and\xa0the new connotations of trap aesthetics, such as Katy Perry\u2019s \u201cDark Horse\u201d ft Juicy J and even \u201cTrap Queen\u201d by Fetty Wap, are dismissing those who the trap originally represented.